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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2636 

To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2019 

Ms. DELBENE (for herself and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Labor, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in 

communities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2019’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purpose. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 


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TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL COORDINATION AND 

INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 

Sec. 101. Coordination of activities among Federal agencies. 

Sec. 102. Smart city and community resource guide. 

TITLE II—PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 

Sec. 201. Technology demonstration grant program. 

Sec. 202. Cybersecurity Working Group. 

Sec. 203. TechHire Workforce Training and Development Program. 

Sec. 204. GAO study on innovative financing. 

Sec. 205. Technical assistance, voucher pilot program, and technologist in residence pilot program. 

TITLE III—IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND INTEROPERABILITY 

Sec. 301. Standards and interoperability framework. 

TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND BEST PRACTICES 

Sec. 401. Development of global smart city or community best practices. 

Sec. 402. Trade program. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to promote smart tech3 nologies and systems to improve community livability, 

4 services, communication, safety, mobility, energy produc5 tivity, and resilience to natural and manmade disasters, 

6 to reduce costs, traffic congestion, and air pollution, and 

7 to promote economic growth and opportunities for commu8 nities of all sizes by— 

9 (1) improving Federal Government coordination 

10 and outreach with respect to smart city or commu11 nity technologies; 

12 (2) promoting the quality and performance of 

13 smart city or community technologies while pro14 tecting— 

15 (A) the security of data and systems; and 


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1 (B) privacy; 

2 (3) demonstrating the value and utility of 

3 smart, local government-owned and -operated serv4 ices through the development and implementation of 

5 performance standards; 

6 (4) providing assistance to local governments 

7 interested in implementing smart city or community 

8 technologies; 

9 (5) developing a workforce skilled in smart city 

10 or community technologies; and 

11 (6) expanding international cooperation and 

12 trade in smart city or community technologies. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

16 Interagency Council on Smart Cities established 

17 under section 101(a)(1)(A)(i). 

18 (2) DATA.—The term ‘‘data’’ includes informa19 tion and images. 

20 (3) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; 

21 STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—The 

22 terms ‘‘local workforce development board’’ and 

23 ‘‘State workforce development board’’ have the 

24 meanings given the terms ‘‘local board’’ and ‘‘State 


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1 board’’, respectively, in section 3 of the Workforce 

2 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

3 (4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

4 means the Secretary, acting in coordination with— 

5 (A) the Secretary of Energy; 

6 (B) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

7 Development; 

8 (C) the Secretary of Transportation; 

9 (D) the Director of the National Science 

10 Foundation; and 

11 (E) as the Secretary determines to be ap12 propriate— 

13 (i) the Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services; 

15 (ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu16 rity; 

17 (iii) the Secretary of Labor; and 

18 (iv) the Secretary of State. 

19 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Commerce. 

21 (6) SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘smart city 

23 or community’’ means a community in which 

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1 tion, communication, and energy technologies 

2 and related mechanisms are applied— 

3 (i) to improve the health and quality 

4 of life of residents; 

5 (ii) to increase the efficiency and cost 

6 effectiveness of civic operations and serv7 ices; 

8 (iii) to promote economic growth; and 

9 (iv) to create a community that is 

10 safer and more secure, sustainable, resil11 ient, livable, and workable. 

12 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘smart city 

13 or community’’ includes a local jurisdiction 

14 that— 

15 (i) gathers and incorporates data from 

16 systems, devices, and sensors embedded in 

17 civic systems and infrastructure to improve 

18 the effectiveness and efficiency of civic op19 erations and services; 

20 (ii) aggregates and analyzes gathered 

21 data; 

22 (iii) communicates the analysis and 

23 data in a variety of formats; 


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1 (iv) makes corresponding improve2 ments to civic systems and services based 

3 on gathered data; 

4 (v) coordinates with relevant public 

5 and private sector entities (including enti6 ties providing electric, water, telecommuni7 cations, energy, and transportation serv8 ices) to leverage the activities carried out 

9 by those entities; 

10 (vi) integrates measures— 

11 (I) to ensure the resilience of 

12 civic systems against cybersecurity 

13 threats and physical vulnerabilities 

14 and breaches; 

15 (II) to protect the private data of 

16 residents; and 

17 (III) to measure the impact of 

18 smart city or community technologies 

19 on the effectiveness and efficiency of 

20 civic operations and services; and 

21 (vii) promotes regional coordination of 

22 the activities described in clauses (i) 

23 through (vi). 

24 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

25 (A) a State; 


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1 (B) the District of Columbia; 

2 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

3 and 

4 (D) any other territory or possession of the 

5 United States. 

6 (8) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 

7 Group’’ means the Cybersecurity Working Group es8 tablished under section 202(b)(1). 

9 TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL 

10 COORDINATION AND INVEST11 MENT IN SMART CITY OR 

12 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 

13 SEC. 101. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AMONG FEDERAL 

14 AGENCIES. 

15 (a) COORDINATION.— 

16 (1) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.— 

17 (A) FEDERAL COUNCIL.— 

18 (i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secre19 taries shall establish a council of Federal 

20 agencies, to be known as the ‘‘Interagency 

21 Council on Smart Cities’’, to promote the 

22 coordination of the activities and funding 

23 from Federal agencies relating to smart 

24 cities or communities. 


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1 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council 

2 shall— 

3 (I) be led by the Secretary; and 

4 (II) include— 

5 (aa) the Secretary of En6 ergy; 

7 (bb) the Secretary of Hous8 ing and Urban Development; 

9 (cc) the Secretary of Trans10 portation; 

11 (dd) the Director of the Na12 tional Science Foundation; 

13 (ee) the heads of such other 

14 departments and agencies as the 

15 Secretary determines to be ap16 propriate, including— 

17 (AA) the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security; 

19 (BB) the Secretary of 

20 Labor; and 

21 (CC) the Secretary of 

22 State; and 

23 (ff) such representatives of 

24 industry expert organizations and 

25 local government entities as the 


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1 Secretary determines to be ap2 propriate. 

3 (B) PRIORITIZATION.—For purposes of co4 ordinating Federal activities under subpara5 graph (A), the Secretaries shall prioritize the 

6 conduct of Federal activities that would— 

7 (i) demonstrate smart city or commu8 nity technologies in repeatable ways that 

9 can rapidly be scaled; 

10 (ii) encourage public, private, re11 gional, national, and international sharing 

12 of data and best practices; 

13 (iii) encourage private sector innova14 tion by promoting industry-driven tech15 nology standards, open platforms, tech16 nology-neutral requirements, and inter17 operability; 

18 (iv) promote— 

19 (I) a skilled workforce; 

20 (II) an open and competitive 

21 global market for smart city or com22 munity technologies; 

23 (III) inclusion of all citizens, in24 cluding minority or disadvantaged 

25 groups; and 


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1 (IV) protocols and standards that 

2 allow for the measurement and valida3 tion of the cost savings and perform4 ance improvements associated with 

5 the installation and use of smart city 

6 or community technologies and prac7 tices; 

8 (v) foster the growth of the smart city 

9 or community technology industry and 

10 workforce in the United States; 

11 (vi) encourage the adoption of smart 

12 city or community technologies by commu13 nities; 

14 (vii) safeguard cybersecurity, includ15 ing by promoting industry practices re16 garding cybersecurity; and 

17 (viii) safeguard privacy and, in con18 sultation with cities, communities, and in19 dustry entities, establish parameters and 

20 best practices for the full life cycle man21 agement of all types of smart city or com22 munity data, including collection, storage, 

23 ownership, and sharing of data. 

24 (C) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretaries 

25 shall— 


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1 (i) ensure that the Federal activities 

2 described in subparagraph (B) related to 

3 safeguarding cybersecurity take into ac4 count existing Federal, State, and local 

5 frameworks, guidelines, and best practices 

6 when considering their application to smart 

7 city technologies; 

8 (ii) ensure that the Federal activities 

9 described in subparagraph (B) take into 

10 consideration software quality, especially 

11 as that quality impacts reproducibility, 

12 maintainability, reliability, and security, 

13 especially of high-confidence systems; 

14 (iii) conduct privacy impact assess15 ments for Federal activities that could neg16 atively affect privacy; and 

17 (iv) ensure the privacy of individuals 

18 through the use of technologies with inher19 ent privacy and security considerations. 

20 (2) STRATEGY.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting 

22 through the Council, in consultation with indus23 try entities, cities, and communities, shall de24 velop a multiyear strategy for— 


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1 (i) the coordination of activities and 

2 funding under paragraph (1)(A); 

3 (ii) the development of partnerships 

4 with the private sector relating to smart 

5 cities or communities; and 

6 (iii) the promotion of international co7 operation with respect to smart city or 

8 community technologies and standards. 

9 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretaries shall 

10 coordinate with the heads of any applicable 

11 Federal agencies to leverage private sector and 

12 non-Federal public investment in smart city or 

13 community technologies consistent with the 

14 strategy developed under subparagraph (A). 

15 (3) ASSESSMENT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 

19 heads of other applicable Federal agencies, shall 

20 coordinate with such private and public organi21 zations and units of local government as the 

22 Secretary of Labor determines to be appro23 priate regarding the preparation of a smart city 

24 or community technology workforce needs as25 sessment. 


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1 (B) SUBMISSION.—On completion of the 

2 assessment prepared under subparagraph (A), 

3 the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the ap4 propriate committees of Congress and the 

5 Council the completed assessment. 

6 (4) COORDINATION OF FUNDS.—In promoting 

7 the coordination of Federal funding relating to 

8 smart city or community activities under paragraph 

9 (1)(A) and in accordance with the strategy developed 

10 under paragraph (2)(A), each of the Secretaries 

11 shall— 

12 (A) track, with respect to the appropriate 

13 agency, the expenditures and planned expendi14 tures of Federal funds for smart city- or com15 munity-related activities, together with lever16 aged non-Federal matching funds; and 

17 (B) coordinate with the head of any other 

18 applicable Federal agency that allocates funds 

19 for smart city or community activities— 

20 (i) to achieve greater benefits from ac21 tivities using Federal funds; 

22 (ii) to produce integrated projects re23 lating to those activities; and 


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1 (iii) to leverage complementary invest2 ments of other Federal agencies in those 

3 activities. 

4 (b) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION AND BIENNIAL

5 REPORT.—During the 6-year period beginning on the date 

6 of enactment of this Act— 

7 (1) the head of each applicable Federal agency 

8 shall submit to the Secretary information for inclu9 sion in the report submitted under paragraph (2); 

10 and 

11 (2) not less frequently than once every 2 years, 

12 the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

13 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy 

14 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com15 mittees on Energy and Commerce and Transpor16 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent17 atives a report, based on the information under 

18 paragraph (1), that includes— 

19 (A) an update of the status of relevant 

20 smart city or community technology develop21 ments and applications, including broadband in22 frastructure; 

23 (B) a description of any related program 

24 or activity that is funded by the Federal agency 

25 during the period covered by the report; 


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1 (C) the budget of the agency for sup2 porting smart city or community activities, as 

3 described in subsection (a)(4)(A); 

4 (D) any non-Federal cost-share contrib5 uted for activities for which Federal assistance 

6 is provided under this section; 

7 (E) a description of the applicable strategy 

8 under subsection (a)(2)(A), including a descrip9 tion of how the relevant programs are pro10 gressing under that strategy; 

11 (F) a description of outreach activities con12 ducted under section 102(d), including the 

13 amount and type of assistance required by cities 

14 and communities to overcome barriers to imple15 menting smart city or community technologies, 

16 and any Federal actions that are needed to 

17 meet those needs; 

18 (G) a description of projects funded under 

19 section 201, including a description of— 

20 (i) project outcomes and performance; 

21 and 

22 (ii) the use of leveraged non-Federal 

23 funds; and 

24 (H) such other information as the Sec25 retary determines to be necessary. 


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1 SEC. 102. SMART CITY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE. 

2 (a) PUBLICATION.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in coordina4 tion with the heads of any other applicable Federal 

5 agencies, shall create, publish, and maintain, for a 

6 period of at least 6 years beginning on the date that 

7 is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a 

8 resource guide designed to assist States and United 

9 States communities and cities in developing and im10 plementing smart city or community programs. 

11 (2) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The Secretaries, 

12 in coordination with cities, communities, and indus13 try entities, shall determine which information shall 

14 be included in the guide under paragraph (1). 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guide published under 

16 subsection (a)— 

17 (1) shall be maintained electronically on a 

18 website; 

19 (2) shall be provided as an electronic reference 

20 guide available to the public free of charge; and 

21 (3) may include— 

22 (A) a compilation of existing related pro23 grams of the Federal Government available to 

24 communities, including technical assistance, 

25 education, training, research and development, 

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1 (B) available examples of local govern2 ments engaging private sector entities in order 

3 to implement smart city or community solu4 tions, including public-private partnership mod5 els, such as the use of energy savings perform6 ance contracts and utility energy service con7 tracts or other innovative models, that could be 

8 used to leverage private sector funding to in9 crease energy productivity and reduce water, 

10 transportation, and other costs to cities and 

11 communities, including the results of the study 

12 under section 204; 

13 (C) available examples of proven methods 

14 for local governments and utilities to facilitate 

15 integration of smart technologies with new and 

16 existing infrastructure and systems; 

17 (D) best practices and lessons learned 

18 from technology demonstrations, including re19 turn on investment and performance informa20 tion to help cities decide how to initiate integra21 tion of smart technologies; 

22 (E) Federal, State, and local best practices 

23 for safeguarding cybersecurity and ensuring ap24 propriate data management and data privacy; 


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1 (F) technical specifications for wireless or 

2 wired broadband infrastructure to support 

3 smart city technologies; and 

4 (G) such other topics as are requested by 

5 industry entities or local governments or deter6 mined to be necessary by the Secretaries. 

7 (c) EXISTING GUIDES.—In creating, publishing, and 

8 maintaining the guide under subsection (a), the Secre9 taries shall consider Federal, State, and local guides pub10 lished before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act relating to smart city or community goals, activities, 

12 and best practices— 

13 (1) to prevent duplication of efforts by the Fed14 eral Government; and 

15 (2) to leverage existing complementary efforts. 

16 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretaries, in coordination 

17 with the heads of any applicable Federal agencies and in 

18 consultation with applicable private sector entities, shall 

19 conduct outreach to States, cities, and communities— 

20 (1) to provide interested States and cities with 

21 the guide published under subsection (a); 

22 (2) to promote the consideration of smart city 

23 or community technologies and encourage States 

24 and local governments to contribute smart city or 


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1 community program and activity data to the guide 

2 published under subsection (a); 

3 (3) to identify— 

4 (A) barriers to smart city or community 

5 technology adoption; 

6 (B) any research, development, and assist7 ance that is needed, including in Tribal, rural, 

8 and underserved communities; and 

9 (C) local government programs that could 

10 be included in the guide under subsection (a); 

11 (4) to respond to requests for assistance, ad12 vice, or consultation from cities; and 

13 (5) for other purposes, as identified by the Sec14 retaries. 

15 TITLE II—PROVIDING ASSIST16 ANCE TO CITIES AND COMMU17 NITIES 

18 SEC. 201. TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION GRANT PRO19 GRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

21 smart city or community regional demonstration grant 

22 program under which the Secretary shall conduct dem23 onstration projects focused on advanced smart city or 

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1 munities, including small- and medium-sized cities and 

2 rural and Tribal communities. 

3 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the program established 

4 under subsection (a) are— 

5 (1) to demonstrate— 

6 (A) potential benefits of concentrated in7 vestments in smart city or community tech8 nologies that are repeatable and scalable across 

9 cities of different sizes; and 

10 (B) the efficiency, reliability, and resilience 

11 of civic infrastructure and services; 

12 (2) to facilitate the adoption of advanced smart 

13 city or community technologies and collaboration be14 tween small- and medium- to large-sized cities; and 

15 (3) to demonstrate protocols and standards that 

16 allow for the measurement and validation of the cost 

17 savings and performance improvements associated 

18 with the installation and use of smart city or com19 munity technologies and practices. 

20 (c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

21 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 

22 unit of local government shall be eligible to receive 

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1 (2) APPLICATION; COOPERATION.—To qualify 

2 for a demonstration project under this section, a 

3 unit of local government shall— 

4 (A) submit to the Secretary an application 

5 for a grant for a demonstration project at such 

6 time and containing such information as the 

7 Secretary may require; and 

8 (B) agree to follow applicable best prac9 tices identified by the Secretaries, in consulta10 tion with industry entities and institutions of 

11 higher education, to evaluate the effectiveness 

12 of the implemented smart city or community 

13 technologies to ensure that— 

14 (i) technologies and interoperability 

15 can be assessed; 

16 (ii) best practices can be shared; and 

17 (iii) data can be shared in a public, 

18 interoperable, and transparent format. 

19 (3) FEDERAL SHARE OF COST OF TECHNOLOGY

20 INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary— 

21 (A) subject to subparagraph (B), shall pro22 vide to a unit of local government selected 

23 under this section for the conduct of a dem24 onstration project a grant in an amount equal 

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1 of technology investments to incorporate and 

2 assess qualifying smart city or community tech3 nologies in the applicable jurisdiction; but 

4 (B) may waive the cost-share requirement 

5 of subparagraph (A) as the Secretary deter6 mines to be appropriate. 

7 (d) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting demonstration 

8 projects under this section, the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) develop competitive, technology-neutral re10 quirements; 

11 (2) seek to leverage ongoing or existing civic in12 frastructure investments; and 

13 (3) take into consideration the non-Federal cost 

14 share as a competitive criterion in applicant selec15 tion in order to leverage non-Federal investment. 

16 (e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND RE17 PORTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that reports, public 

18 data sets, schematics, diagrams, and other works created 

19 using a grant provided under this section are— 

20 (1) available on a royalty-free, non-exclusive 

21 basis; and 

22 (2) open to the public to reproduce, publish, or 

23 otherwise use, without cost. 


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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c) 

3 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

4 SEC. 202. CYBERSECURITY WORKING GROUP. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that— 

7 (1) the work conducted by the Internet Policy 

8 Task Force and the Digital Economy Leadership 

9 Team of the Department of Commerce to foster an 

10 enabling environment for Internet of Things tech11 nology to grow and thrive, allow the private sector 

12 to lead, and promote technology-neutral standards 

13 and consensus-based multistakeholder approaches to 

14 policymaking at local, Tribal, State, Federal, and 

15 international levels on issues ranging from the secu16 rity to the competitiveness of the United States is 

17 valuable and should be continued; and 

18 (2) the work conducted by the Department of 

19 Commerce and the National Telecommunications 

20 and Information Administration to create resources 

21 for communities seeking to adopt smart cities or 

22 communities technology is valuable and should be 

23 continued. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta2 tion with the Council, shall convene a multistake3 holder working group, to be known as the ‘‘Cyberse4 curity Working Group’’, to develop tools for commu5 nities to use to evaluate the cybersecurity of smart 

6 city or community technologies. 

7 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—In appointing members 

9 to the Working Group, the Secretary shall con10 sider appointing— 

11 (i) representatives of consumer 

12 groups; 

13 (ii) representatives of small units of 

14 local government, as determined by the 

15 Secretary; 

16 (iii) representatives of large units of 

17 local government, as determined by the 

18 Secretary; 

19 (iv) manufacturers of smart city or 

20 community devices, equipment, and soft21 ware; 

22 (v) individuals with expertise in com23 munications networks; 

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1 (vii) individuals with other expertise 

2 necessary to carry out the duties of the 

3 Working Group; and 

4 (viii) such representatives of the 

5 Council as the Secretary determines to be 

6 appropriate. 

7 (B) REPRESENTATION.—In appointing 

8 members to the Working Group, the Secretary 

9 shall ensure that the Working Group includes a 

10 multidisciplinary cross section of smart city or 

11 community stakeholders. 

12 (3) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall— 

13 (A) leverage and build on previous activi14 ties carried out by the Department of Com15 merce relating to Internet of Things technology; 

16 (B) develop tools for communities to evalu17 ate the cybersecurity of smart city or commu18 nity technology being considered by the commu19 nities for adoption in those communities; 

20 (C) develop tools for communities to pro21 tect against cybersecurity threats relevant to 

22 the technology the community has chosen to 

23 adopt; 

24 (D)(i) assess— 


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1 (I) whether Internet of Things cyber2 security standards should exist; and 

3 (II) whether the standards described 

4 in subclause (I) should be voluntary or 

5 mandatory; and 

6 (ii) identify which entity is appropriate to 

7 devise the standards described in clause (i)(I); 

8 and 

9 (E) submit to the Council a report that de10 scribes the findings of the Working Group. 

11 SEC. 203. TECHHIRE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVEL12 OPMENT PROGRAM. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, based on findings from 

15 the needs assessment conducted under section 101(a)(3), 

16 the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary, 

17 shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the 

18 ‘‘TechHire Workforce Training and Development Pilot 

19 Program’’, under which the Secretary of Labor, during the 

20 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, shall provide to eligible entities, on a competitive 

22 basis, grants for technology-based job training and edu23 cation programs that provide industry-recognized creden24 tials. 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—A job training and education 

2 program that is awarded a grant under this section 

3 shall— 

4 (1) provide technology-based training across 

5 two or more sectors; 

6 (2) focus on smart city or community tech7 nologies, systems, and infrastructure across all sec8 tors of the economy; 

9 (3) address privacy and cybersecurity consider10 ations; and 

11 (4) address smart city or community workforce 

12 needs identified by the Secretary of Labor, after 

13 consultation with other applicable Federal agencies. 

14 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 

15 grant under this section, an entity shall be a public organi16 zation or an organization described in section 501(c) of 

17 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax18 ation under section 501(a) of that Code that— 

19 (1) includes an advisory board, which may be— 

20 (A)(i) a local workforce development board; 

21 (ii) a State workforce development board; 

22 or 

23 (iii) an appropriate subgroup of a local 

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1 (B) a board of proportional participation, 

2 as determined by the Secretary of Labor, of rel3 evant organizations, including— 

4 (i) relevant industry organizations, in5 cluding public and private employers; 

6 (ii) labor organizations; 

7 (iii) one or more units of local govern8 ment that are actively pursuing smart city 

9 or community programs; and 

10 (iv) postsecondary education organiza11 tions; 

12 (2) demonstrates experience in implementing 

13 and operating job training and education programs; 

14 (3) demonstrates the ability to recruit and sup15 port individuals who plan to work in a relevant sec16 tor on the successful completion of relevant job 

17 training and education programs; 

18 (4)(A) provides students who complete the 

19 training and education program with an industry20 recognized credential; or 

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1 grams to quality jobs relevant to the job training 

2 and education programs. 

3 (d) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 

4 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of 

5 Labor an application at such time, in such manner, and 

6 containing such information as the Secretary of Labor 

7 may require. 

8 (e) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to receive 

9 grants under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall 

10 prioritize applicants that— 

11 (1)(A) are a local workforce development board 

12 or State workforce development board; or 

13 (B) demonstrate a strong partnership with a 

14 local workforce development board or State work15 force development board; 

16 (2) house the job training and education pro17 gram in— 

18 (A) a community college or institution of 

19 higher education that includes basic science, 

20 technology, and math education in the cur21 riculum of the community college or institution 

22 of higher education; or 

23 (B) an apprenticeship program registered 

24 with the Department of Labor or a State; 


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1 (3) work with the Secretary of Defense or vet2 erans organizations to transition members of the 

3 Armed Forces and veterans to careers in a relevant 

4 sector; 

5 (4) include in the application an entity that re6 ceives State funding or is operated by a State agen7 cy; 

8 (5) include an apprenticeship program reg9 istered with the Department of Labor or a State as 

10 part of the job training and education program; 

11 (6) provide support services and career coach12 ing; 

13 (7) provide entry-level technology workforce 

14 training aimed at matching workers with well-paying 

15 jobs; or 

16 (8) propose to serve— 

17 (A) young adults between the ages of 16 

18 and 24; or 

19 (B) individuals with barriers to employ20 ment (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 

21 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 3102)). 

23 (f) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—In making grants 

24 under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall consider 

25 regional diversity. 


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1 (g) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS.—An eligible enti2 ty may not submit, either individually or as part of a joint 

3 application, more than 1 application for a grant under this 

4 section during any 1 fiscal year. 

5 (h) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The 

6 amount of a single grant provided under this section for 

7 any 1 year shall not exceed $5,000,000. 

8 (i) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 

9 of the cost of a job training and education program carried 

10 out using a grant under this section shall be not less than 

11 25 percent of the total cost. 

12 (j) REDUCTION OF DUPLICATION.—Before submit13 ting an application for a grant under this section, each 

14 applicant shall— 

15 (1) consult with the heads of appropriate Fed16 eral agencies; and 

17 (2) coordinate the proposed activities of the ap18 plicant with existing State and local programs. 

19 (k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

20 Labor, in consultation with the Secretary, may provide 

21 technical assistance to eligible entities under subsection 

22 (c) to leverage the existing job training and education pro23 grams of the Department of Labor and other relevant pro24 grams at appropriate Federal agencies. 


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1 (l) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once every 2 

2 years, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress, 

3 and make publicly available on the website of the Depart4 ment of Labor, a report on the program established under 

5 this section, including a description of— 

6 (1) any entity that receives a grant under this 

7 section; 

8 (2) any activity carried out using the grants 

9 under this section; 

10 (3) best practices used to leverage the invest11 ment of the Federal Government under this section; 

12 and 

13 (4) an assessment of the results achieved by the 

14 program established under this section, including the 

15 rate of employment for participants after completing 

16 a job training and education program carried out 

17 using a grant under this section. 

18 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

20 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

21 SEC. 204. GAO STUDY ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING. 

22 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

24 shall conduct a study to identify— 


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1 (1) financial and procurement mechanisms cur2 rently available to public and private entities to fund 

3 smart city or community activities and associated 

4 demonstration projects, including ‘‘pay for perform5 ance’’ financing that could deliver measurable and 

6 verifiable market and non-market values to smart 

7 cities or communities; 

8 (2) new, innovative financial and procurement 

9 mechanisms under development or used experi10 mentally that may be available, in the near term, to 

11 public and private entities to fund smart city or 

12 community activities and associated demonstration 

13 projects; 

14 (3) barriers to creative financing solutions for 

15 those activities and projects, including procurement 

16 barriers faced by State and local governments; and 

17 (4) ways to leverage private sector investments 

18 in smart cities and communities. 

19 SEC. 205. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, VOUCHER PILOT PRO20 GRAM, AND TECHNOLOGIST IN RESIDENCE 

21 PILOT PROGRAM. 

22 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—The Sec23 retary of Energy shall establish a program to provide tech24 nical assistance to cities seeking to incorporate smart city 

25 technologies. 


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1 (b) SMART CITY VOUCHER PILOT PROGRAM.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 

3 shall develop and implement a pilot program to im4 prove the access of cities to the expertise, com5 petencies, and infrastructure of National Labora6 tories for the purposes of promoting smart city tech7 nologies. 

8 (2) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out the pro9 gram under this subsection, the Secretary of Energy 

10 shall provide to a city that has partnered with a 

11 small business concern access to the expertise of Na12 tional Laboratories. 

13 (c) TECHNOLOGIST IN RESIDENCE PILOT PRO14 GRAM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 

16 shall expand the Technologist in Residence pilot pro17 gram of the Department of Energy to include part18 nerships between National Laboratories and cities 

19 with respect to research and development relating to 

20 smart cities. 

21 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of the part22 nerships entered into under paragraph (1), tech23 nologists in residence shall work with an assigned 

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1 nologies available and appropriate to meet the smart 

2 city objectives of the city. 

3 (d) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Energy, in con4 sultation with the Secretary, shall issue guidance with re5 spect to— 

6 (1) the scope of the programs established under 

7 subsections (a) through (c); and 

8 (2) requests for proposals from cities interested 

9 in participating in those programs. 

10 (e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the programs 

11 under subsections (a) through (c), the Secretary of Energy 

12 shall seek to address the needs of small- and medium-sized 

13 cities. 

14 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

17 TITLE III—IMPROVING PER18 FORMANCE AND INTEROPER19 ABILITY 

20 SEC. 301. STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY FRAME21 WORK. 

22 (a) PARTICIPATION.—To strengthen the public-pri23 vate partnership approach to smart city-related or commu24 nity-related standards development and interoperability, 

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1 Institute of Standards and Technology, shall strongly en2 courage and support participation by Federal Government 

3 experts in private sector-led, standards-related activities 

4 that convene smart city or community stakeholders, in5 cluding representatives of applicable Federal agencies. 

6 (b) ACTIVITIES.—To promote innovation and eco7 nomic competitiveness and to achieve interoperability of 

8 smart city or community devices and systems, while 

9 strengthening the United States approach to private sec10 tor-led standardization activities and the participation of 

11 Federal representatives under subsection (a), the Sec12 retary, in consultation with private and public sector 

13 stakeholders, shall— 

14 (1) survey and review domestic and inter15 national smart city or community performance 

16 standards, existing architectures, applications, and 

17 deployments, and interoperability standards; 

18 (2) make consensus-based recommendations— 

19 (A) to identify gaps in the smart city or 

20 community performance standards and inter21 operability standards under paragraph (1); 

22 (B) to harmonize existing standards and 

23 deployment efforts and enable greater inter24 operability across smart city or community 

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1 (C) to coordinate domestic and inter2 national performance standards and interoper3 ability standards to promote uniform perform4 ance standards and interoperability standards 

5 worldwide, including with respect to the need 

6 for testing and demonstration; and 

7 (D) for guidelines to enable interoperability 

8 in the collection, storage, ownership, and shar9 ing of data; 

10 (3) based on the recommendations under para11 graph (2), develop a consensus-based framework 

12 that includes protocols and model standards for the 

13 management and exchange of information, including 

14 existing guidelines, best practices, and industry con15 sensus standards; 

16 (4) ensure that cybersecurity and privacy are 

17 core elements of the recommended performance 

18 standards and interoperability standards; and 

19 (5) lead international coordination efforts to de20 velop industry-led, technology-neutral, voluntary, 

21 consensus-based global smart city or community per22 formance standards and interoperability standards. 


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1 TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL CO2 OPERATION AND BEST PRAC3 TICES 

4 SEC. 401. DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL SMART CITY OR COM5 MUNITY BEST PRACTICES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may carry out ac7 tivities— 

8 (1) to enable cities and communities in the 

9 United States and other countries to work together 

10 toward shared smart city- or community-related 

11 goals; 

12 (2) to promote smart city or community solu13 tions that provide measurable benefits to local gov14 ernments and residents; 

15 (3) to enable an open, global marketplace for 

16 smart city or community technologies based on vol17 untary, consensus-based, and technology-neutral 

18 standards; and 

19 (4) to connect innovators from industry and 

20 academia to local governments to catalyze the emer21 gence of open and advanced technologies that— 

22 (A) meet community needs; and 

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1 (b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to 

2 in subsection (a) may include grants, contracts, chal3 lenges, prize competitions, public-private partnerships, 

4 and other innovative mechanisms. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

7 appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this sec8 tion $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

9 through 2024. 

10 (2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds 

11 made available under paragraph (1) may not be used 

12 to provide assistance to— 

13 (A) a foreign country; or 

14 (B) a foreign company (excluding any 

15 United States subsidiary of a foreign holding 

16 company). 

17 SEC. 402. TRADE PROGRAM. 

18 The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

19 State, such other members of the Council as the Secretary 

20 determines to be appropriate, and private stakeholders, 

21 shall establish a strategic international smart cities and 

22 communities trade program, which shall include trade mis23 sions— 

24 (1) to promote the export of United States 

25 smart cities or communities technologies; 


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1 (2) to stimulate job growth in the United 

2 States; 

3 (3) to identify potential partners and strategies 

4 for United States companies in target foreign mar5 ket sectors; 

6 (4) to organize events with local governments, 

7 businesses, associations, academia, and other stake8 holders to promote smart city or community partner9 ships; 

10 (5) to assist in the development of competitive 

11 strategies and foreign market access for United 

12 States smart city or community technology business 

13 interests; 

14 (6) to assist in developing appropriate United 

15 States policy regarding United States business and 

16 international smart cities or communities business 

17 interests; 

18 (7) to assist in achieving United Nations 

19 Framework Convention on Climate Change commit20 ments; 

21 (8) to assist in lowering the cost to consumers 

22 of smart cities or communities technologies; 

23 (9) to leverage expertise in infrastructure to de24 liver solutions that can help make communities more 

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1 (10) to work with the United States Agency for 

2 International Development, the Overseas Private In3 vestment Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank 

4 of the United States to identify opportunities to fi5 nance international investment in United States 

6 smart cities or communities technology companies. 

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